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Gene study uncovers origins of many common cancers

August 14, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Researchers in Britain have set out the first comprehensive map of mutational processes behind the development of tumors – work that should in future lead

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Oldest Rock Art in North America Revealed

August 14, 2013 sean Uncategorized

On the west side of Nevada’s dried-up Winnemucca Lake, there are several limestone boulders with deep, ancient carvings; some resemble trees and leaves, whereas others are

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Germany Fights Population Drop

August 14, 2013 sean Uncategorized

SONNEBERG, Germany — At first glance, this town in central Germany, with rows of large houses built when it was a thriving center of toy

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North Carolinians Fear the End of a Middle Way

August 14, 2013 sean Uncategorized

EDEN, N.C. — With Republicans controlling all branches of the state government for the first time in more than a century, the legislature pushed through a

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How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets

August 13, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Though she has written to members of Congress and has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests, Poitras has never received any explanation for why she

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Vegetative patient shows he is aware of his identity, whereabouts

August 13, 2013 sean Uncategorized

For 12 years, Scott Routley was entirely unresponsive, living in a vegetative state since a car accident badly damaged his brain. But researchers at the

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Here’s How Much It Costs the Feds to Lock Up 219,000 People

August 12, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Better yet, we stand to save a few dollars as a result. Over the last three decades, the federal prison population has grown by almost

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Steve Cohen: The Feds Get Tough, Sort Of

August 11, 2013 sean Uncategorized

One study reported that JP Morgan Chase, for instance, paid an incredible $8.5 billion in fines between 2009 and 2012, which worked out to be

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Electric road charges buses while they drive

August 9, 2013 sean Uncategorized

South Korea has launched the world’s first road-powered electric vehicle network to charge public buses while they’re on the move. KAIST The challenge with electric

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Swinging CO2 Levels Show The Earth Is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply

August 9, 2013 sean Uncategorized

NPR – August 8, 2013 Plant life on our planet soaks up a fair amount of the carbon dioxide that pours out of our tailpipes

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